Play this game early in your team's formation stage. This activity can greatly help especially if you have a globally dispersed team. Each team member can learn more about each other's culture in the process.
Send an email to members of your team, letting them know that you will start your next team meeting with a game to help them get to know each other better. ...

This activity is great for any type of virtual team. Team members working from different time zones can gain a better sense of teamwork by participating in this game.
Request each team member to create an "All About Me" page.
Provide an overview of the task's objectives, which is to gain a better understanding of the people who make up the entire team.
After ...

Start your conference call or virtual meeting by asking one or two light getting-to-know-you questions. Questions can be of a general nature, or more work specific. You may use some questions from the provided list or have team members generate questions of their own.
VariationsThis activity also works well for teams separated by time zones, different work shifts, ...

Procedure:
Ask participants to list across the top of their paper the days of the week starting with Monday through Sunday.
Have participants close their eyes and imagine a color for each day of the week.
Have participants write the color they identified under each day on their paper.
Start with Monday and ask for volunteers to share their ...

Strengthen team communication and activate the communication channels.

This activity is a virtual version of the party game Pass the Grapefruit. Just as in the party game, team members are passing an item from person to person. In this version, however, the item has been specified by the game leader or facilitator and cannot be passed via the same method twice. This version also encourages friendly competition among and creativity in ...

Split the group into the teams you'd like to work together. Team sizes can be between two and five people. Teams of three generally work well. Consider the total presentation time available and the total group size to arrive at optimum size of teams.
For example - three teams of three would be fine for a small group event, or ten groups of five would be okay ...

This is a simple exercise requiring no equipment or materials preparation, for groups of any size and age. Split large groups into teams of six to ten people. The activity is quickest when teams are smallest. Minimum team size is four.
Instruction to group/teams:
We all tend to classify and stereotype each other - 'pigeon-holing' is a common expression for this. ...

With the introduction of Age Discrimination legislation (UK October 2006, and consistent with European law), there is an increased need to raise awareness and to train people about ageism and age discrimination. Here are some ideas for activities and exercises which will highlight the issues, including the 'objective justification' rules explaining certain allowable ...

Here is an easy exercise which makes use of the quiz format to teach and improve people's response to diversity issues. The activity is for diverse groups (mixed age, race, gender, religion, and/or other types of people), but the exercise will be useful for groups of apparently less diverse nature too.
The exercise is basically for the group members to ...

The aim of this exercise is to get people thinking creatively and analytically.
Subject: How the increasing proportion of older people in society will change the world.
This activity will prompt the use of visioning and imagination, and the consideration of big system changes, consequences, causes and effects. It also encourages people to think about ageism and ...

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